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Bringing Up Bobby

German title: Ein fast perfektes Verbrechen
Spain title: La fiera de mi Bobby
Russian title: Воспитание Бобби
Original title: Bringing Up Bobby

Tragicomedy – USA
Production year: 2010
Movie length: 90 minutes

Director: Famke Janssen
Writer: Cole Frates, Famke Janssen
Cinematograph: Guido van Gennep
Music: Junkie XL (Tom Holkenborg)

Movie description:

»Bringing Up Bobby« is the story of a European con-artist and her son Bobby, who find themselves in Oklahoma in an effort to escape her past and build a better future. Olive and Bobby blithely charm their way from one adventure to another until Olive’s criminal past catches up with her. Consequently, she must make a choice: continue with a life of crime or leave the person she loves most in an effort to give Bobby a proper chance in life.

Olive is a con-artist who will do anything for her ten year old son, Bobby, but giving him the best in life with no money coming in isn’t easy. Reminiscent of a modern day »Bonnie & ClydeÂ«, the unstoppable pair spend their lives scamming the rich and the down right gullible, often finding themselves on the run from the law. In an effort to escape Olive’s criminal past, the arrive in Oklahoma with hopes of building a better life. Olive and Bobby blithely charm their way from one adventure to another until Olive’s criminal past finally catches up with her once and for all. Now she must make the most difficult choice of her life: stay with her son and run the risk of turning him into a criminal or leave him to afford him better opportunities?
In the vein of »Thelma & Louise«, »Bringing Up Bobby« is a fast-paced crime story with the most heart-wrenching of decisions at its heart.

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